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The only idea behind making the movie was to spread the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev ji,” he said, adding that neither he nor the producers were targeting profits from the movie, but treated it as a religious commitment. But the film nowhere breaches that maryada. “Being a Sikh, I agree that religious protocol and permission from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) is important. Sumeet Singh, MD and CEO of Saga Music and Unisys Info Solutions that has got the worldwide music rights of the movie, told The Tribune that the movie had already got international acclaim after it did the rounds of some film festivals. The movie was to be screened at 30 places in Punjab. Is it fair that while my graphic description of the Guru (whom I have projected only through the back and as a ray of light) is considered unacceptable, while a movie like Chaar Sahibzaade is acceptable?," he said.īesides having booked almost 400 screens in India, the producers have booked 50 screens in the US and Canada and 30 in New Zealand and Australia for screening of the movie. Now a fringe group, that claims intellectual property rights over the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev ji, decides that the movie is not to be screened. "The movie was granted written permission by the Darbar Sahib four months ago. Sikka questioned how a fringe group could decide what all Sikhs could watch. People who saw the movie had wept and had goose bumps at the depiction of the Wahe Guru and His divine teachings,” Sehgal said. We had got all big names on board to produce the movie and ensure that the maryada was observed at all times. “The movie has been made to spread the message of Guru Nanak Dev ji. Talking to The Tribune, Sikka and the movie’s associate producer Geetanjali Sehgal said it was sad that the movie’s screening was suspended in Punjab. The film would be deemed to be uncertified in the state during the period of suspension.” The suspension comes into force with immediate effect and will apply to all forms of public and private exhibition, distribution and viewing of the film in the state. Later, a government release said: “Following widespread resentment against the film among Sikhs, the government has decided to suspend the screening of the movie for two months, as it is perceived to go against the religious tenets and maryada of the Sikh community. The decision to suspend the movie’s screening in the state was taken at a meeting between the state chief secretary and additional chief secretary (Home) this afternoon. Suspension of the movie’s screening seems to be a last-minute decision by the state government to buy time and convince Sikka to remove some “scenes that depict the physical form of the Guru Nanak Dev”. Producer Harinder Sikka has booked 500 screens in India and abroad for the movie’s release. Slated for release on April 17, the film, however, will be screened in Chandigarh and neighbouring states of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. So far the High Commission of India and Pakistan's Foreign Office have not commented over the incident.The Punjab Government today suspended the screening of “Nanak Shah Fakir”, a movie on the life and teachings of the first Sikh Guru, for two months across the state. The incident had resulted in a war of words between Pakistan and India. The Evacuee Trust Property Board, which manages the historic Katas Raj temple and other shrines of Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan who had migrated to India following the partition, feared verbal altercation from the Sikhs and requested the commissioner not to attend the ceremony, the report said.Įarlier, the high commissioner wanted to visit the Gurdawara in April on the occasion of Baisakhi but cancelled the programme over reports that the Sikhs may stage a protest. The media report claimed that upon Bisaria's arrival, the Sikh pilgrims visiting Pakistan started a protest. It was conveyed to the Pakistan side that preventing the Indian High Commission officials from discharging their consular responsibilities was in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961, and the 1974 bilateral Protocol on visit to religious shrines. In New Delhi, India today summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner here and lodged a strong protest over the denial of access to its envoy in Islamabad and consular officials to visit Gurdwara Panja Sahib and meet visiting Indian pilgrims.